Asking to be part of the ScienceBlogs stable, even though I declined the invite.

Having one of my posts being chosen for the “The Open Laboratory,” the 2006 science blogging anthology.

Making “Favored Nation Status” (now called the “Favored Faithful”) over at Somewhere on the Masthead. Magazine Man is a writer and editor I totally admire, so I was slightly giddy when I saw he felt I was worthy of linkage.

I must have done a few things right over the past year, although I don’t feel like I’ve lived up to expectations recently. I just had dinner with my good friend Bob, who thinks I should write more personal stories. In honor of all the big changes coming up in his life, maybe I’ll do that! Just need to carve out a little more time…